Mount of Temptation

Mt of Temptation . 1910 The Mount of Temptation was the hill in the Judean Desert where Jesus was tempted by the devil. The exact location is unknown, and impossible to determine. Atop the mount is the Monastery of the Temptation or "Qarantal". Above Qarantal, on top of the cliff, is a wall, that sits on the ruins of the Hasmonean (later Herodian) fortress, Dok – Dagon. Old postcard v t e v t e

Mt. of Temptation. 1910 Old postcard The Mount of Temptation is said to be the hill in the Judaean Desert where Jesus was tempted by the devil ( Matthew 4:8 ). The exact location is unknown and impossible to determine. It is generally identified with Mount Quarantania , Arabic name: Jabal al-Qarantal , a mountain approximately 366 metres (1,201 ft) high, towering from the northwest over the town of Jericho in the West Bank . According to the public domain Catholic Encyclopedia (1907-1914), Quarantania is "a limestone peak on the road from Jerusalem to Jericho".

Hill in the Judean Desert Mt. of Temptation. 1910 Old postcard The Mount of Temptation viewed from Jericho's ancient excavation site. To the left the cable car installation can be seen. The Mount of Temptation is said to be the hill in the Judean Desert where Jesus was tempted by the devil ( Matthew 4:8 ). The exact location is unknown and impossible to determine. It is generally identified with Mount Quarantania , Arabic name: Jabal al-Quruntul , from its Crusader name, Mons Quarantania , a mountain approximately 366 metres (1,201 ft) high, towering from the northwest over the town of Jericho in the West Bank . According to the public domain Catholic Encyclopedia (1907-1914), Quarantania is "a limestone peak on the road from Jerusalem to Jericho".

Mount with a Christian Monastery in Jericho, in the State of Palestine Mount of Temptation , in Palestinian Arabic Jebel Quruntul ( ), is a mountain over the city of Jericho in the West Bank , in the State of Palestine ; ancient Christian tradition identifies it as the location of the temptation of Jesus described in the New Testament Gospels of Matthew , Mark , and Luke , in which it is said that, from "a high place", the Devil offered Jesus rule over all the kingdoms of the world. Since at least the 4th century, Christian tradition has specifically associated the forty days of Jesus's fasting that preceded his temptation with a cave on Jebel Quruntul. Eventually, it came to be associated with the high mountain in the Gospel's description of temptation. The city of Jericho lies at the feet east of Mount Quruntul, at 258 m (846 ft) below sea level, with the nearby Jordan River and the Dead Sea at even lower elevations, further to the east and southeast. The Mount has around 400 m (1,300 ft) of prominence over Jericho, which translates to an elevation of 138 m (453 ft) above sea level, and offers a commanding view of its fabled surroundings to the east. Quruntul had previously been the location of a Seleucid and Maccabean fortress known as Dok (also Doq and Dagon), which was the site of the assassination of Simon Maccabeus and two of his sons in 134 bc . Centuries after the death of Jesus, the Mount became the site of a lavra -type monastery, turned into a Catholic monastery during the era of the Crusades , and then into an Orthodox monastery since the late Ottoman period. Since 1998, the monastery halfway up the mountain has been connected with the tell holding the remains of ancient Jericho via a cable car and a center of religious tourism . In 2014, the mountain and monastery were made part of the State of Palestine's "Jericho Oasis Archaeological Park". It has also been nominated to the Tentative List for World Heritage status as part of religious traditions of El-Bariyah, the Judaean Desert . (2019) . sfnp error: no target: CITEREFKhayat_&_al.2019 ( help )